MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑07‑08 | 154 | 460 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Renescure, France |
Weather Hides Primary Target: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three group formations of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing. Weather concealed the primary target, and with limited visibility of the ground, the lead group was unable to find an authorized target of opportunity to attack: the high and low groups independently dropped their bombs on a Luftwaffe airfield just north of Poix. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High section deputy, low group. |
TOO (Visual) Target: Poix Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie, France |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑102566 ⇗ | 545th | JD*M | NINA |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Minor, Henry W, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Mayner, John Robert, Jr⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Uriwal, Alfons Francis⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Gray, William Emery, III⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Barth, Raymond Ernest⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Darby, Phillip Storey⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Marmozewicz, Joseph J⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Carter, James Kane⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Guider, Robert Harwood⇗ | 545 | Completed, Uninjured |